Slipping away : close as my heartbeat

The pain was so great

Feeling you slipping away

Holding your hand

And talking to you of how much I love you

There is a room in my heart

Full to the brim with memories of us

Of how we sang and laughed

And how hard you found it when I cried for you

I know you would never have wanted me to be

Sad and blue

You always told me

Things would come right in the end

And that is why I think of you so much tonight

Watching someone they loved slipping away

As tears are shed

There is a love

That only fully reveals its depth

At the time of parting

And this reminder calls to mind again

After all of these years

How it felt

And yet love is here

It never departed

Because you my darling

Always and ever remain

Here with me

As close as my heartbeat